Updated : 05-06-08

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2008 OGGBE BIRD COUNT RESULTS ARE IN!

SEE PRIOR AND CURRENT YEARS

enews:

 Workday Reminders

 and Other Great Stuff

The Volunteers work in association with

THE FOREST PRESERVE  DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY  (VOLUNTEER SITE)

AUDUBON-CHICAGO REGION (THE HABITAT PROJECT)

CORPORATION FOR OPEN LANDS  (CORLANDS)

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CHICAGO DISTRICT

VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVE

THE VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP NETWORK (See monthly "Gatherings Online")

VOLUNTEER FEATURE PICTURES

OGGBE begins with registration with Suzanne, Dave Carson and Bill Fath

Bird counters and field guides begin gathering

Checking the sections-There were 10 sections, each assigned one volunteer field guide/scribe and one or more counters

More birders and guides

Guests enjoy homemade cakes (8!), basket of fruit, and plenty of hot coffee before they begin

Some chatting before they leave

THE RESULTS:  1,536 COUNTED..100 SPECIES!

Newly sighted:  Sharp shinned hawk, common snipe, lesser yellow legs, solitary sandpiper, upland sandpiper, white throated sparrow, hermit thrush,  common throat and hooded warbler. Thank you, Sandy Hausman of WBEZ/PBS radio, for coming out to see and hear about Orland Grassland's very important role for migrating birds!

look What’s Coming…

04-09-09 - Pat Hayes at the Sauk Calumet Sierra Club Meeting-Open to the public, it is held at the Park Forest Public Library at 7:15 p.m.-See More Info.

04-17-08 - Volunteer Meeting-7:00 pm at the Orland Park Civic Center.

04-22-08 - Pat Hayes at Orland Park Public Library-"Celebration through Participation"- Here about the exciting new restoration efforts coming up for Orland Grassland.  Celebrate Earth Day through volunteering, exploring our forest preserve sites, or engaging your children in nature.-7:00 p.m.

04-26-08 - Earth Day Celebration - 9:00 to 1:00.  Meet at the parking lot on 167th just west of La Grange.  Tools provided.  See flier for more information.

05-03-08 - Orland Grassland Grand Birding Event (OGGBE)

06-03-08 - Volunteer Meeting

06-07-08 - Welcome Back Bobolinks

08-01-08 through

08-03-08 - Taste of Orland

09-04-08 - Volunteer Meeting

09-28-08 - Autumn on the Grassland

11-06-08 - Seed Cleaning at the Civic Center

11-18-08 - Seed Cleaning at the Civic Center

11-29-08 - Seeding of the Grassland and Pot-Pourri

LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE

01-10-08 - Volunteer Meeting

11-08-07 - Seed Cleaning at the Orland Park Civic Center...6:30 to 10:00

11-13-07 - Seed Cleaning at the Orland Park Civic Center...6:30 to 10:00

11-17-07 - Annual Grassland Seeding and Pot-Pourri Event- See More Info

09-30-07 - Autumn on the Grassland

09-15-07 - Birders of Orland Grassland

First time gathering of fall and spring birders at Orland Grassland.  See more info.

09-04-07 - Orland Grassland Volunteer Meeting at the Orland Park Civic Center...6:30 to 10:00

08-12-07 - Joe Stanton Memorial at Bartel Grassland-See Information 

08-03, 04 and 05-We're at the Taste of Orland! Many came by our booth to visit with volunteers, see displays, see and hear the sights and sounds of our grassland birds, and more!

06-02-07 - Welcome Back Bobolinks-Get your binoculars ready.  Orland Grassland’s 750 open, contiguous acres welcome home many grassland birds in decline, endangered or threatened, including bobolinks and Henslow’s sparrows.  Take bird walks or site tours guided by experts.  Browse exhibits.  Enjoy refreshments. Can be used toward school community service hours.--See Flier.

05-26-07 - OGGBE! (Orland Grassland Grand

 Birding Event)-Start your holiday weekend with the birds!  Help at the third annual volunteer bird count.--See Flier.  See exSightment for results.

05-10-07 - Audubon-Illinois, Joliet - Pat Hayes gave a presentation about Orland Grassland at their monthly meeting.

04-22-07 - Earth Day Celebration at Orland Grassland--11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.-

03-24-07 - Cub Scout Troop 378 has great day at the Grassland. 

01-24-07 - Pat Hayes will provide a presentation at the Orland Park Public Library, "Orland Grassland in Winter".  7:00 p.m.

01-16-07- Volunteer Meeting

01-16-07 - Pat Hayes presented an exciting new youth outreach proposal  "Passport to Discover Nature" on behalf of the Chicago Wilderness Grassroots Youth Outreach Committee to the Chicago Wilderness Education Team in Chicago.  It will be introduced at the Wild Things conference.  Watch here for more details!

01-15-07 - Interfaith Youth Core - Pat Hayes participated in the MLK Community Listening Project for this teen aged, interfaith youth group, a pilot project of Search Institute and Interfaith Youth Core, supported by Learn and Serve America and hosted by DePaul University --

11-18-06 - Site Seeding Event and Pot-pourri Harvest Celebration-9:00 at 167th Street parking lot..Soups, breads and other pot luck feasts afterward in The Gateway (12:30)-

11-2 and 11-14-06- Annual seed cleaning party at Orland Park Civic Center-6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

11-01-06 - 2007 Budget Hearing Testimony submitted by Pat Hayes

09-24-06 - Autumn on the Grassland

This community event celebrates all kinds of prairie restoration activities, including seed cleaning and sowing, invasive tree and brush cutting, acorn planting, and kids activities. 

09-16-06 - Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project Clinic-Several sites chosen, Orland Grassland was one! 

06-03-06 - Welcome Back Bobolinks

05-06-06- PRAIRIE RESCUE!- Meet at 167th Street parking lot at 8:00 a.m. to convoy to site.  Click on date for details.